Bracket for supporting awning-rods.



N0. 69!,026. Patented Ian. I4, 902.

R. WARD.

BRACKET FOR SUPPORTING AWNING RODS.

(Application filed Apr. 11, 19014) (No Model.)

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RICHARD WARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LYMAN G. BLOOHINGDALE, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

BRACKET FOR SUPPORTING AWNING -RODS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,026, dated January 14, 1.902.

Application filed April 11, 1901. Serial No. 65,288. (No model.)

To LLZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD WARD, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets for Supporting Awning-Rods, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to awnings and similar devices; and it consists in the use of a rod made of iron or other suitable material cast in one piece for the attachment of one end of the awning thereto and in the use in connec tion with said rod of devices made of metal or other suitable material for holding and securing said rod, as hereinafter more particularly described.

The object of my invention is to provide a suitable support for the attachment of one end of the awning and to provide means for readily holding and securing said support to the casing or framework of windows, doors, and other similar places, and thereby to avoid the attaching or securing of that end of the awning to the casing or framework of the window, door, or building by means of staples or other devices, and by attaching pulleys used in connection with the awning to said support to avoid attaching pulleys to the casing or framework of the window, door, or building, and to secure such an arrangement of parts used in connection with an awning that when the devices by means of which said support is held and secured to said casing or framework are detached the said parts come down with and remain attached to the awning and do not remain affixed to the building, disfiguring it.

In the accompanying drawings,which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a front view of a window rounded at the top and shows a curved metal rod R for the attachment of the top of the awning, held and secured by the .metal devices or castings A, B, and A, which devices are fastened by screws directly to the window-casing. Fig. 1 also shows pulleys used in connection with the awning firmly secured to the curved rod R by means of suitable clamps. Fig. 2 is a front view of a window right-,angled at the top and shows the straight metal rod R for the attachment of the top of the awning held and secured by the metal devices or castings A and A. Fig. 2 likewise shows pulleys used in connection with the awning firmly secured by suitable clamps to the metal rod E. Fig. 3 is a front view of a metal device or casting A and shows the curved rod R shown in Fig. 1 fitted into the socket of the device through the opening at the top, shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 4. is a side view of thesame device or casting A and shows the rod R fitted into the socket of the device through the opening at the top, as in Fig. 1, and also shows the socket of the device with the openings at the sides, whereby the rod R can be fittedinto the socket through an opening at the side, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. Fig. 5 is a top view of the same device or casting A and shows the rod R fitted into the socket through the openings at the side and shows also the opening to the socket from the top.

When it is desired to aflix an awning to a window or door rounded at the top, an end of the canvas of the awningis hemmed around or otherwise fastened to the curved rod R, to which the pulleys P are also firmly secured. The two ends of the curved rod R are then fitted through the openings at the top into the sockets of the two devices or castings A, (shown in Fig. 1,) which are screwed or otherwise firmly fastened to the casing or framework of the window. The curved rod R also rests in the socket of the device or casting B,

straight rod are then fitted through the openings at the side into the sockets of the two devices or castings A and A, (shown in Fig. 2,) which are screwed or otherwise firmly fastened to the casing or framework of the Win- The straight rod R is secured in posi dow.

tion by means of the set-screw S. Fig. 2.)

The two ends of the curved rod B may if the rod be bent at each end be fitted into the sockets of the two devices or castings A (shown in Fig. 1) through the openings at the side. In like manner the two ends of the straight rod Rmay if the rod be bent at each end be fitted into the sockets of the two devices or castings (shown in Fig. 2) through the openings at the top.

When it is desired to remove an awning aflixed to a window or door in the manner and by the means above described, it is necessary only to detach the devices or castings A, B, and A, as shown in Fig. 1, or Aand A, as shown in Fig. 2. When the devices mentioned are detached, the support or rod Rwill come down, carrying with it and still aflixed to it the awning, the pulleys, the ropes, and other parts which may be used in connection with the awning. Not only will it be found useful to have the support or rod R, the pulleys, ropes, and other parts remain affixed to the canvas of the awning when it is desired again to affix the awning either to the same or to another window or door, but it is an advantage when removing the awning to remove With it the pulleys and other apparatus in order that they may not remain affixed to the building to disfigure it.

(Shown in Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In an awning, a bracket device, made of metal cast in one piece, provided with screwholes and adapted to be attached by means of screws to avertical, fixed support, such as a wall or window-casing, and provided with a fixed socket adapted to support and at either side or at the top to receive the end of a curved or straight rod for the attachment and support of the cover of the awning, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In an awning, the combination of a single rod, adapted for the attachment and suitable for the support of the cover of the awning,'and a bracket device made of metal cast in one piece provided with screw-holes and adapted to be attached by means of screws to a vertical, fixed support, such as a Wall or window-casing, and provided with a fixed socket adapted to support and at either side or at the top to receive said rod, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two witnesses, this 10th day of April, 1901.

RICHARD 'WARD.

\Vitnesses:

T. P. DALTON, G. A. GRIMMOND. 

